Punching-bag.



PATENTED APR. 25,- 1905.

No. v8,245.

A. P. BURTT.

PUNCHINGV BAG.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31.1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

-PATBNTED APR. 25, 1905.

A. P. BURTT.

PUNGHING BAG.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Val.

Il'NiTnn STATI-3s Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. BURTT, OF PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO THE DRAPER ANDMAYNARD COMPANY, OF PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CORPORATION OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.

PUNCHlNG-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,245, dated April25, 1905.

Application filed August 3]., 1904. Serial No. 222,844.

To all 1,071,071@ it 71mm/ concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. BURTT, of Plymouth, in the county ofGrafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new 5 anduseful Improvements in Punching-Bags,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to punching or striking bags, and particularly tothe cap-pieces of such bags; and its primary object is to proio videsuch a bag having a compound or reinforced cap-piece of suchconstruction as to afford the greatest possible resistance to tearingand to give additional protection to the bladder.

i 5\`v The punching-bags now in common use have a cap-piece formed witha slit in the center and a loop surrounding the slit and attached to thecap, the lacing' for the slit passing around the loop. The struct-urethus pro- 2o duced is subject to serious objections, as the loop drawson the cap-piece and causes the latter to give way and tear. Theseobjections I overcome by means of the improvements which I will nowproceed to describe and 2 5 claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1represents a sectional view of a punching-bag having the improvements inwhich my invention is embodied applied 3o thereto. Fig. 2 represents aplan view of the outer or reinforcing cap-piece, and Fig. 3 represents asimilar view of the inner cap-piece.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

The main portion of the bag is constructed in the usual manner, with anouter leather cover t and an inner bladder b, having an infiation-tubec, of rubber or other air-tight licxible material. Instead of the usualsingle 40 cap-piece, however, I provide a double cap,

consisting of an inner cap-piece Z and outer cap-piece c, of leather orother flexible material, both securely united to the leather cover bystitching. The inner cap-piece is formed 45 with a diametrical slitf,adapted to be closed by a lacing g, and with a hole t, and the outercap-piece has a central hole a' anda curved slit 7:', which ispreferably, though not necessarily,

concentric with the hole c'. A reinforcingpiece u is secured to thepiece e, strengthening the part surrounding the hole and affording anadditional means to take up the strain of the suspending-cord. A flap Z,secured to a portion of the piece e, extends over the slit and issecured by a lacing m.

In making the bag the cap-pieces are secured to the cover with the piecee centrally over the piece d and the hole /L adjacent to the middle ofthe slit 1. A suspension-cord@ is passed through the hole /L and slit fand is prevented from being pulled by means of a knot or enlargement rformed on its end. As a further retaining device for the cord andprotector for the cap-pieces washers s t are placed on the cord betweenthe inner cap-piece and the knot. Usually the outer cap-piece e isconstructed of two overlapping pieces, the flap Z being formed by theoverlapping edge of one of the pieces. The bladder is inserted throughthe slits and f and placed with the iniiationtibezuc extending outthrough the hole L and s it It will be observed that this constructionaffords a secure holding means for the suspension -cord and provides astructure of cappiece in which the risk of tearing is minimized, andthereby more fully protects the bladder.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A punching-bag comprisinga cover member, a cap consisting ofsuperposed inner and outer flexible cap-pieces secured to the cover'member, and a suspension-cord passing closing the slits in thecap-pieces.

3. In a punching-bag having a bladder provided Wlth an miiation-tube andan outer cover,

an inner cap-piece secured to the cover, having a diametrical slit and ahole at one side of said slit to receive the ination-tube, an outercap-piece secured to the cover over the inner cap-piece and having acentral hole and a slit, a flap secured to the outer cap-piece andoverlying said slit, and provisions for holding said Hap in position toclose the slit.

4. In a punching-bag having' a bladder provided With an infiation-tubeand an outer cover, an inner cap-piece secured to the cover having adiametrical slit and a hole at one side thereof to receive theination-tube, a device for closing said slit, an outer cap-piece securedto the cover over said inner cap-piece and provided with a central holeand a slit beside the ALBERT F. BURTT.

Vitnesses:

J. F. MAYNARD, HARRY S. HUCKINS.

